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Watts Summer Games. The L.A. Watts Summer Games started in 1968 and were held at Locke High School. The games are a three-day athletic tournament that brings together more than 5,000 students from 200 California schools. Almost 200,000 youth have competed in the games over the past 30 years.
May 15, 2019 · LA Watts Summer Games Alumni Looks Back on Experience. CARSON, Calif. -- For Carl Cooper, flipping through the pages of an old sports program is like taking a walk down memory lane. That's because this sports program is unique — it's a booklet from the original Los Angeles Watts Summer Games. The games were created in 1968 in the wake of ...
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KNBC (channel 4) is a television station in Los Angeles, California, United States, serving as the West Coast flagship of the NBC network. It is owned and operated by the network's NBC Owned Television Stations division alongside Corona-licensed Telemundo outlet KVEA (channel 52).
- NBC 4 Southern California, NBC 4 News
- January 16, 1949 (74 years ago)
May 25, 2011 · The Games are scheduled to take place over two weekends: Saturday, June 11th, Sunday June 12th and June 18th at LA Southwest College, South Coast Soccer City and local area High Schools.
Jun 7, 2017 · Exhibition games to be showcased at this year’s kickoff include 7-on-7 football, basketball, volleyball, lacrosse, soccer and track & field. Up to 1,000 youth athletes are expected to participate.
Jun 21, 2017 · Originally called the Watts Summer Olympics, the games were modeled after the Olympic Games by Bill Sims and fellow members of Los Angeles Junior Chamber of Commerce. USA City Games...
Jun 18, 1992 · An idea remains from the first L.A. Watts Summer Games: to rebuild the image of Los Angeles and to separate high school sports from the gangs.
